thomas1998
24-10-16, 06:01
18 year old male here. So, about 2 months ago I started having stomach/bowel issues. I had very bad bloating, cramps, loss of appetite with weight loss, gas & fatigue. I went to the doctor, they did a routine blood test and a stool test for faecal calprotectin (checking for inflammation). Everything came back normal.
About 3 weeks ago I had a scare where I thought I saw a streak of bright red blood in stool. It was just a long mark of bright red within the stool, I posted on here in a panic but after reassurance realised that the 4 slices of pepperoni pizza might have had some influence..
This next part is going to be pretty gross in description: just there now I have went to the toilet and my stool had rather concerning amounts of white and brown mucus. My stool's are strange aswell, they always break as they come out in lots of pieces, they're very light orange in some places and then normal brown in others, and the one I just had quite a lot of concerning brown and white jelly like substance. In addition to all of this, in the last 2 days I've had pain in my rectum when I clench (but only if I clench) which sounds like internal piles but I have absolutely no pain when pooing and no blood on toilet paper, and I do still have excess gas. My fatigue has also come back, my arms and legs feel particularly tired even right after waking up, but I've put that down to a very irregular sleep schedule, but I'm also currently on 30mg/day of prednisolone for my asthma and have been for 5 days. I have some other strange symptoms aswell, like sometimes when I press in to my stomach I get sharp pains down towards my bladder, like a stingy/stretchy kind of pain.
My family are getting tired of me talking about health concerns and going to the doctor.
Basically, I just need to know people's thoughts on what it could be or what I should do next. Does this sound like piles, at my age (18) should I even be thinking about colon cancer? I read that a sedentary lifestyle and bad diet is a major cause and I have both of those :(
About 3 weeks ago I had a scare where I thought I saw a streak of bright red blood in stool. It was just a long mark of bright red within the stool, I posted on here in a panic but after reassurance realised that the 4 slices of pepperoni pizza might have had some influence..
This next part is going to be pretty gross in description: just there now I have went to the toilet and my stool had rather concerning amounts of white and brown mucus. My stool's are strange aswell, they always break as they come out in lots of pieces, they're very light orange in some places and then normal brown in others, and the one I just had quite a lot of concerning brown and white jelly like substance. In addition to all of this, in the last 2 days I've had pain in my rectum when I clench (but only if I clench) which sounds like internal piles but I have absolutely no pain when pooing and no blood on toilet paper, and I do still have excess gas. My fatigue has also come back, my arms and legs feel particularly tired even right after waking up, but I've put that down to a very irregular sleep schedule, but I'm also currently on 30mg/day of prednisolone for my asthma and have been for 5 days. I have some other strange symptoms aswell, like sometimes when I press in to my stomach I get sharp pains down towards my bladder, like a stingy/stretchy kind of pain.
My family are getting tired of me talking about health concerns and going to the doctor.
Basically, I just need to know people's thoughts on what it could be or what I should do next. Does this sound like piles, at my age (18) should I even be thinking about colon cancer? I read that a sedentary lifestyle and bad diet is a major cause and I have both of those :(